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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is a Sept bday, was accepted for early entrance in Kindergarten, but we opted to hold DD back instead of "pushing" into early acceptance so that she wouldn't be the youngest in her class for the rest of her school career.  The thought was that it would help in her teenage years, not now.  She would be the last to get her driver's license, graduate and start college at 17 years old while everyone else was 18, last to be able to drink legally, etc....

What experience have you had when your kids have gotten older into middle school or high school?  Does this extra year help or does it not matter?  I'm thinking about asking to push her into first grade now as the work is not challenging, but we knew that it wouldn't be going in.  We made the decision for her for the teen years.

I've heard both sides of the coin... some parents of the youngest kids in their class have had issues (both academic and social) and have even had kids fail a grade.  Then I've heard of kids who do fine.  But all parents of younger children have said that holding back is the thing to do.  I'm wondering what parents of OLDER children now think the benefit or detriment is of that extra year.[/quote]

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